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Frank laigor. Glen Haven
Nov. '20, 1936
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Mr. Hilger and his parents lived at one time in the old Dewey home after it had.been rebuilt by Newbury and sold by him. He has a shipment record book which dates back to 1859 in which are entered shipments-of ore, grain and stock by a Brinkman, Wm. Pitt Dewey and
finally Nelson Dewey from 1861 on. This was given the Hilgers by Dr. Cronin who was Dewey's doctor. Brinlanan was the original manager of the Clint Geiger store in Cassville.
Mr. Hilger does not want to f,ive the book as he has been offered
money for it by the government as it shows the transportation avail- -able in this section of the country at that time* He does not know what value to place on the book and wants an offer from the museum.
' Lf wft rlrt nnt t^v)y \\: T lii^l'iwMn T tnny i>'htniTi it 1/^Yig AnnngVi tp copy
the contents. Gould you make an offer so that I could talk €o %lggr again? He has a picture of the Dewey home before the fire which I want to get and neglected to ask for in the debate about the shipping records book.
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Nov. 21, 1936
Frank W, Feiker, Cassville
j^^*J^iker-i s thft looal photographer arid bought his business
iB-1905 from Charles Ishmael. With the business he got a wooden works clock which is supposed to have belonged to Dewey which he
now says is stored in his attio and he won't be getting it down for quite so^ie time\and .he will sell it for $25 and not a cent less. Besides the clbck he got plates which had pictures of the Dewey home taken just after Newbury had restored^it. There are 3 of them and they are attached with an old picture of Dewoy which was also included in H;he business when Feiker bought it. 2^ese pictures show the oorn ^rib which was torn down this past spring and the stonewalls which were sold to the g over rnnent and
used in a dam on the river. Thes\ too are valuable for information '" nnncgrTiijag the earlier history of tho fanii and its buildings^—I ^
purchased the four for $1.10.

These typed notes were made from interviews conducted between 1936 and 1938 by field workers of the W.P.A. federal writers’ project. Their 900 pages contain a wealth of stories, customs, jokes, music, maxims, and games shared by local residents around the state. The people interviewed ranged from Swiss settlers in New Glarus, Wis., to Ojibwe elders on the shores of Lake Superior (and many places in between). Some of their tales and customs were brought from Europe, while others record oral traditions of life in pioneer Wisconsin. These unpublished interview notes were extracted from a much larger collection consisting mostly of notes taken from publications.

Written up by Dorothy Potter about individuals who remembered or knew Dewey

Owner

Wisconsin Historical Society Library

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Manuscript

Owner Collection

Microforms Room

Owner Object ID

Micro film P84-2051 P84-2057 7p

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Potter
Frank laigor. Glen Haven
Nov. '20, 1936
?•*¦>
Mr. Hilger and his parents lived at one time in the old Dewey home after it had.been rebuilt by Newbury and sold by him. He has a shipment record book which dates back to 1859 in which are entered shipments-of ore, grain and stock by a Brinkman, Wm. Pitt Dewey and
finally Nelson Dewey from 1861 on. This was given the Hilgers by Dr. Cronin who was Dewey's doctor. Brinlanan was the original manager of the Clint Geiger store in Cassville.
Mr. Hilger does not want to f,ive the book as he has been offered
money for it by the government as it shows the transportation avail- -able in this section of the country at that time* He does not know what value to place on the book and wants an offer from the museum.
' Lf wft rlrt nnt t^v)y \\: T lii^l'iwMn T tnny i>'htniTi it 1/^Yig AnnngVi tp copy
the contents. Gould you make an offer so that I could talk €o %lggr again? He has a picture of the Dewey home before the fire which I want to get and neglected to ask for in the debate about the shipping records book.
f^ -
r-ti
* I&C-1-4-38-MU
Ov
1^'-
/ Potter
Nov. 21, 1936
Frank W, Feiker, Cassville
j^^*J^iker-i s thft looal photographer arid bought his business
iB-1905 from Charles Ishmael. With the business he got a wooden works clock which is supposed to have belonged to Dewey which he
now says is stored in his attio and he won't be getting it down for quite so^ie time\and .he will sell it for $25 and not a cent less. Besides the clbck he got plates which had pictures of the Dewey home taken just after Newbury had restored^it. There are 3 of them and they are attached with an old picture of Dewoy which was also included in H;he business when Feiker bought it. 2^ese pictures show the oorn ^rib which was torn down this past spring and the stonewalls which were sold to the g over rnnent and
used in a dam on the river. Thes\ too are valuable for information '" nnncgrTiijag the earlier history of tho fanii and its buildings^—I ^
purchased the four for $1.10.